The Mosman Photography Awards 2020 Conditions of Entry
Eligibility
1. The Mosman Photography Awards is open to
amateur photographers only.
For the purposes of this competition, an amateur
photographer is defined as someone who has earned
less than $5,000 from photography sales, commissions
and prize money over the 12 months prior to entering
this competition.
2. The Mosman Photography Awards is open to citizens and residents
of Australia and New Zealand. In order to receive a prize, winners must
supply an Australian or New Zealand residential mailing address.
For the purposes of this competition, a resident is defined as a person who
has lived in Australia or New Zealand for at least 6 months prior to
entering this competition.
3. Youth Award Categories of
The Mosman Photography Awards, are open to
students who are resident of Australia and
New Zealand. For the purpose of this competition,
a student is defined as a person 18 years or younger
at the time of entering this competition, enrolled at
a School or Place of Education. Entrants to the youth
award categories are also eligible to enter the
open category awards.
4. An entrant may enter more than one eligible category.
Multiple entries within a category are not available in 2020.
5. Members of the organising committee of Mosman Camera Club
and / or The Mosman Photography Awards,
are not permitted to enter the competition.
Image Requirements
6. Entrants must upload their entries as digital files via the
competition website and comply with the following specifications:
a. sRGB colour space, 8-bit
b. Maximum image dimensions
Width – 1920 pixels
Height – 1200 pixels
c. Saved as a JPEG at a setting of 8 (80%) or higher
d. Not to exceed 2Mb in size
7. There is no time limit for when images were captured,
or elements created.
8. If a digital image is shortlisted for an award, the photographer will be
contacted by the organising committee and asked to submit a RAW
or unedited file to confirm authorship.
If the photographer is unwilling or unable to supply a RAW or unedited file,
the image will be deemed ineligible for an award.
9. In the Film Photography Category, there is no time limit on images.
Film images are to be scanned and submitted digitally to the competition.
If a film image is shortlisted for an award, the photographer will be
contacted by the organising committee and asked to submit a
contact scan of the original negative to confirm authorship,
along with a 30cm x 40cm print for final judging.
If the photographer is unwilling or unable to supply a scan of
the original negative, or a print for review, then the image
will be deemed ineligible for an award.
10. For Categories requiring a portfolio, entrants must submit a portfolio
of three (3) images relevant to the category.
Entries with more than or less than three images will not be considered.
11. Images must be free of watermarks and text.
Images with watermarks or text will not be considered.
12. All elements within a photograph must have been photographed
by the entrant. Submitted images must be 100% photographic in origin,
including textures, backgrounds, skies, borders or the like.
The use of stock images or clip art is not permitted. Images not
complying with requirements will be deemed ineligible for an award.
13. Digital images submitted in the Youth Categories
may be captured using a camera or a smartphone.
14. Images that can be readily identified as composite or heavily edited
images entered in the Open Categories, should be submitted in
the Art Category. The organising committee reserves the right
to move an image to an alternate category if an image is deemed
to not satisfy the category requirements.
15. Images of nudes, violence or drug taking are not eligible.
Entrants are reminded that all images may be viewed by the general public
and should be censored accordingly. The organising committee reserves
the right to exclude an image they deem inappropriate for public display.
COPYRIGHT
16. Entrants retain copyright of their images. By entering the competition,
entrants provide Mosman Photography Awards, Mosman Camera Club
and media partners for the Mosman Photography Awards a limited use
authorisation to publish entered photos for the purpose of promoting
and recording The Mosman Photography Awards.
Images will be credited with the name of the photographer when used
in any publicity or publication associated with the competition.
17. The entrant must be the creator and copyright owner
of any images entered into the competition.
18. All post production, editing and processing
must be the work of the entrant.
19. The entrant is responsible for obtaining relevant
model and / or property releases.
CATEGORIES
20. YOUTH
a. Comedy Pets
b. Faces in Safe Places
c. Smartphone Photography @ Home
21. OPEN
a. Landscape Portfolio
b. Life in a time of Social Isolation
c. Art Portfolio
d. Analogue Film Portfolio
22. Composite images are permitted
in the Youth Category Comedy Pets.
23. Images submitted to the Youth Category
Smartphone Photography @ Home, must be
submitted in Black and White.
Images submitted in colour will not be
eligible for an award.
24. Images submitted in the Open Landscape Portfolio
Categories may contain the following techniques :
a. Cropping
b. Dust Spot Removal
c. Stitched panorama
d. Focus Stacking
e. Exposure Blending
f. Adjustment of noise, sharpness, colour tone and contrast
g. Dodging and burning
h. Black and White conversions
i. Digital Lens Corrections
25. For the purposes of this competition the
Landscape Category includes Natural, Urban,
and Seascape. Aerial images may also be
entered in this category.
26. Aerial images submitted into the Open Landscape
Categories, may be taken from within a fixed wing aircraft,
helicopter or by using a drone.
The author of an image submitted to the competition
that was captured using a drone, guarantees to the
Organising Committee that all CASA regulations
were complied with during the flight of the drone
when the image was captured. Images that do not
comply with this requirement will be deemed ineligible.
27. Images entered in the Life in a time of Social Isolation
must be single capture, and of observed events.
Images of nudes, violence or drug taking are not eligible.
Entrants are reminded that all images may be viewed
by the general public and should be censored accordingly.
The organising committee reserves the right to exclude
an image they deem inappropriate for public display.
Composite images are ineligible. Adding or changing of
pixels through the use of cloning or similar techniques
is not permitted. Minor tone,noise and sharpness changes
are permitted if these changes do not fundamentally alter
the narrative of the image.
JUDGING
28. Entries will be shortlisted by
The Mosman Photography Awards committee.
29. A panel of professional photographers and
experienced judges will judge the shortlisted entries
and vote to determine the top 5 entries in each category.
The entrants of the top 5 entries in each category will be
contacted by email and requested to submit data to confirm
date of capture and authorship. Should the entrant be
unwilling or unable to confirm compliance with the
date of capture and authorship, a replacement top 5 entry
will be selected and confirmed. The winner of each category
will be selected from the top 5 compliant entries selected by
the judging panel.
30. The decisions of the Judges and The Mosman Photography
Awards committee are final and no further correspondence
will be entered into.
AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT
31. The top 5 entries in each category that have been
confirmed for capture date and authorship, will be
contacted by email and advised of their shortlisting.
32. The top 5 shortlisted entries in each category
shall be displayed on The Mosman Photography Awards
website, Instagram and Facebook pages prior to
the Award winner being announced.
33. A Peoples Choice competition will be run
on Social Media, with the top 5 shortlisted images
in each Category.
AWARD PRIZES
34. Prizes for the winning entry in each category
are subject to availability, and are not transferable
or exchangeable, and cannot be taken as cash.
If a prize is unavailable, the competition organisers
reserve the right to substitute the prize with a prize
of a similar value and / or specification.
35. The competition organisers take no responsibility
for prizes damaged or lost in transit.
PORTFOLIO REVIEWS
36. Entrants in the Open Portfolio Categories who
would like feedback on their work, may obtain a written
Submission Review from one of the judges, by paying
an additional fee over and above the entry fee, as shown
on the entry form. The Submission Review will provide
critical and constructive feedback, and help you be
more successful in future photo competitions.
GENERAL
37. The competition closes 5pm on Friday 3rd July, 2020
No responsibility is accepted for late, lost, delayed
or misdirected entries.
38. Entry fees are non-refundable.
39. The entrant indemnifies The Mosman Photography Awards,
Mosman Camera Club and media partners against any claim,
legal or otherwise, that may arise out of the publication
of their images.
40. The Mosman Photography Awards committee reserves
the right to disqualify any entry deemed to be in breach
of the Terms and Conditions of thecompetition.
41. By entering The Mosman Photography Awards,
the entrant guarantees to the organising committee
that all the Terms and Conditions of the competition
have been met. Any entry found to breach the Terms
and Conditions of the competition will be disqualified
and if prizes have been awarded, all prizes are to be
returned to the organising committee
of The Mosman Photography Awards.
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